lol, not sure many parking decks come in that shape
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It’s actually the building owners who bought the parking lot.
The parking lot of 42nd St. Oyster Bar at 219 N. West St. has traded hands for $4.5 million, according to Wake County deed records. The buyer is Hobby Family LLC, owner of the building that houses the restaurant.
It doesn’t mention that they will be redeveloping the lot. They probably want to control the whole thing to make parking easier for the restaurant.
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Having the parking lot owned by a different party than the building - plus the rail road easement and general shape of that lot - probably made it tough to sell. If 42nd does in fact reopen, would be interested to know what the lease terms are for and if the building owners still have aspirations of eventually selling that entire parcel.
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I believe the building’s owner is a partner in reopening the restaurant.
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Plus dueling piano bar just announced they’re closing March 14 
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Hoping it’s for renovations, but sounds like it’s for good. One of the better spots on that street.
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Well, when we’ve sold the neighborhood to just being $$$ producing for a few hours on Friday and Saturday nights, it’s difficult to make enough money to make a business work.
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likely needs to be more utilitarian than party-a -tarian
I’m just looking for some balance-a-tarian.
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A rezoning has been filed for an L shape of 2 parcels near the corner of Glenwood and Jones. Currently zoned for 3 floors, the applicant is asking for 20 floors. This came through on the wire service topic today.
I can’t help but be curious if these parcels are slated for a slender project or if these parcels are just the beginning of rezoning requests as the developer aspires to collecting more properties.
https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/the-raleigh-wire-service/748/2473?u=john
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I gotta imagine they’re planning to assemble most of the individual plots along Glenwood, there. Looks like 4 more and they have that whole block! Can’t see any 20-story rezone requests this close to Glenwood being denied, so that will raise land values and hopefully entice those owners to sell, too!
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Former Marian space at 301 Glenwood is now an all-vegan fast food joint called The Dirty V. Tagline: “Plant-based. Loud. Dirtyyyyyy.” Stay classy, Raleigh.
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Call me a prude but an STD-themed restaurant seems like a questionable marketing decision. Then again, maybe it will expand Raleigh’s culinary horizons. Pretty sure St. Roch doesn’t serve…whatever this is.
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8 months…….maybe 6…..
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There’s literally an entire and robust page on their website devoted to parking. 
That’s how we know that we need more residents in Glenwood South.
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Do they also have an etiquette section, where they talk about ways to insert that you’re a vegan into every conversation?
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I thought that there might be a section where they explain the origin of their name, but no. 
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Idk y’all are being too boring with this one. I appreciate the ridiculous “dirty” theming and the colorful (assuming plant-based dyed) foods for the gimmick alone, will just be extra points if the food is actually good.
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I’ve eaten there. It’s pretty good.
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I genuinely thought this was an exaggeration but no, they serve some sort of blue ranch that they put on everything and a lot of the food looks like this. Cannot figure out why
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